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smbios-type-11(7)

SMBIOS-TYPE-11(7) smbios-type-11 SMBIOS-TYPE-11(7)


.SH "NAME" smbios-type-11 - SMBIOS Type 11 strings


.SH "SYNOPSIS"


.PP /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/11-*/raw


.SH "DESCRIPTION"


.PP Various OS components process SMBIOS Type 11 vendor strings that a virtual machine manager (VMM) may set and a virtual machine (VM) receives. SMBIOS Type 11 vendor strings may play a similar role as kernel-command-line(7) parameters but generally are under control of the VMM rather than the boot loader or UKI.


.PP For details on SMBIOS Type 11 see the System Management BIOS[1] specifications.


.SH "STRINGS"


.PP The following strings are supported:


.PP io.systemd.credential:CREDENTIAL=VALUE, io.systemd.credential.binary:CREDENTIAL=VALUE


This allows passing additional system credentials into the system, in textual or binary (Base64) form. See systemd.exec(5) and System and Service Credentials[2] for details.


Added in version 252.


.RE


.PP io.systemd.stub.kernel-cmdline-extra=CMDLINE


This allows configuration of additional kernel command line options, and is read by the kernel UEFI stub. For details see systemd-stub(7).


Added in version 254.


.RE


.PP io.systemd.boot.kernel-cmdline-extra=CMDLINE


This allows configuration of additional kernel command line options for Boot Loader Specification Type 1 entries, and is read by systemd-boot. For details see systemd-boot(7).


Added in version 256.


.RE


.PP io.systemd.boot-entries.extra:ID=DEFINITION


This allows inserting additional entries into the systemd-boot menu. For details see systemd-boot(7).


Added in version 258.


.RE


.PP io.systemd.boot.loglevel=LEVEL


This allows configuration of the log level, and is read by systemd-boot and systemd-stub. For details see systemd-boot(7) and systemd-stub(7).


Added in version 259.


.RE


.PP io.systemd.boot.timeout=TIMEOUT


This allows configuration of the menu timeout in seconds, and is read by systemd-boot. For details see systemd-boot(7).


Added in version 260.


.RE


.SH "SEE ALSO"


.PP systemd(1), kernel-command-line(7), systemd.system-credentials(7)

1.
System Management BIOS
https://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/
2.
System and Service Credentials
https://systemd.io/CREDENTIALS
systemd 262.2

systemd 262.2-r1 · os · ingested 2026-11-06